täh

See also: tah and -tah

Finnish

Etymology

As if from mitäh, an alternative form of mitä

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæh/, [ˈt̪æh]
• Rhymes: -æh
• Hyphenation^(key): täh
• Pronunciation with rising intonation (as for questions) is optional, particularly when expressing confusion.

Interjection

täh (colloquial)

1. what? wha? (often expressing confusion)

Further reading

• “täh”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Karelian

Regional variants of täh

North Karelian (Viena)	täh
South Karelian (Tver)	täh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲæh/
• Hyphenation: täh

Postposition

täh (+ genitive)

1. because of, for the sake of

Determiner

täh

1. illative singular of tämä

Pronoun

täh

1. illative singular of tämä

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “täh”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “täh”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN